Keep Red Rock Rural

Dec 14, 2016 Tensions over construction on Blue Diamond Hill have once again flared. The hill overlooks Red Rock Canyon and is the proposed site of more than 5,000 homes. On one side of the issue is Gypsum Resources, the land owner and hopeful developer. On the other is Save Red Rock, a conservation group…

Nov 23, 2016 The Clark County Commission will vote on a development plan that could bring 5,000 new homes to Red Rock Canyon. The vote was planned for Dec. 7 but has been postponed. Heather Fisher is the president of Save Red Rock. She told KNPR’s State of Nevada that if the county approves plans, her…

Nov 17, 2016 Blue Diamond Hill is back on the drawing table. The proposed plan would bring 5,000 new homes and 15,000 new residents to Red Rock Canyon. For comparison, that’s about the population of Boulder City.  The houses would be built on a mining site across the highway from the town of Blue Diamond….

Originally published by Heidi Kyser, Nevada Public Radio Read here: https://knpr.org/desert-companion/2016-10/community-red-rock-reboot Oct 27, 2016 A company linked to developer Jim Rhodes has revived his dream of building houses atop Blue Diamond Hill. Is this plan invincible? As cameras jump from one Clark County planning commissioner’s face to the next, their sympathy with the community members…